The confusion: Was in hospital - now Lavrov denies

Russia Sergey Lavrov hospitalized in Bali 

 

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Jacob Ruderstam 

 

Published: Less than 3 hours ago 

 

Updated: Less than 30 min ago  

 

Sergey Lavrov at the airport in Bali on Sunday. Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka / AP 

 

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Sergey Lavrov has been hospitalized in Bali, AP writes. 

 

According to sources to the news agency, the Russian foreign minister has heart problems. 

 

In a video on Telegram, he denies the information. 

 

The news agency AP refers the information that Sergey Lavrov is hospitalized to a statement from the Indonesian authorities, but it is still unclear what happened. 

 

Lavrov is in Indonesia due to the upcoming G20 summit. 

 

The foreign minister represents Russia during the meeting with other world leaders after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to participate. 

 

After the news broke, the Russian Foreign Ministry was quick to dismiss the information. They call the news "fake news", reports Reuters. 

 

Shortly after the news about Lavrov came out, the Russian state news agency Tass published a picture of Lavrov with the quote "I'm reading material for tomorrow's meeting at the hotel". Photo: Telegram 

 

The Russian state news agency Tass writes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesperson Maria Zakharova denies the information. 

 

"It is of course the height of fake," she writes on Telegram. Later, she published a video of Sergey Lavrov wearing shorts and a t-shirt, who himself denied the information. 

 

- This is a game that is not new in politics. Journalists in the West need to be more truthful, he says according to Reuters. 

 

The text is updated. 

 

Lavrov arrives on Sunday. Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka / AP